Recaps

Uchiha Chisen trained Sasuke and pursued his absolute justice, killing criminals, conspirators, the Shimura Clan, the Guardian Ninja, and the Daimyo. The Daimyo’s successor pledged reforms, but Chisen’s growing influence and the rumors surrounding the killings left Konoha, the Uchiha, and the Land of Fire facing political turmoil.

• Izumi warned Mikoto and Sasuke about Itachi’s future crimes, and Chisen agreed to protect Sasuke and teach him about justice through Naruto.
• Chisen and Izumi killed Uchiha drug traffickers and other criminals, then Chisen exterminated the Shimura Clan after its members tried to assassinate him.
• Sasuke pledged himself to justice and became Chisen’s trainee, while Itachi attacked Sasuke and Naruto before fleeing from Naruto’s Nine-Tails power.
• The Eleven Guardian Ninja ambushed Chisen outside Konoha, but Chisen killed them, including Asuma, and left Hiruzen devastated by his son’s death.
• Chisen, Kijiro, and Tsunade purged Tanzaku Street’s criminals, freed seventy-nine trafficked children, and killed hundreds of offenders.
• Chisen traveled to the capital, killed the Daimyo and corrupt nobles, and prompted Goyain Yasuhito to promise legal reforms and absolute justice.
• Hiruzen faced growing suspicion over the Daimyo’s death as Setsuna pursued a coup, while Izumi continued killing criminals alongside Chisen.
• Chisen continued his purge and declared that he would kill Orochimaru, as clan leaders and Konoha officials feared the political fallout from his influence.

Uchiha Chisen returned to Konoha and used Absolute Justice to expose and punish criminals, drawing support from some villagers and resistance from powerful clans. After killing Itachi and confronting the Hyuga Clan over its Caged Bird system, Chisen challenged its members to defend their unjust rules.

• Uchiha Setsuna’s attempt to replace Fugaku as clan head failed, and Chisen returned to Konoha after warning the Daimyo’s eldest son and leaving the capital.
• Chisen killed Setsuna and then pursued criminals in the Utatane, Mitokado, and Sarutobi clans, while Naruto and Sasuke began killing evildoers themselves.
• Chisen and Tsunade investigated Sarutobi Sakurako’s suicide, punished the children who had bullied her, and Tsunade offered to join Chisen’s cause.
• Obito and Zetsu attacked Chisen, but he wounded Obito and used Judgment on Black Zetsu before the attackers retreated.
• Itachi attacked Izumi and Chisen, but Chisen defeated and killed him, then gave Izumi a scroll containing Amaterasu and revealed that Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami eye was carried by a raven.
• Neji brought a grieving Branch Family boy to Chisen and exposed the Hyuga Main Family’s abuse, prompting Chisen to kill Jinpu and Kenjiro for their crimes.
• Chisen confronted Hiashi over the Caged Bird Seal, and Neji questioned why the Branch Family had to guard the Main Family and die in its place.
• Chisen declared that justice had to correct rules that bred evil and challenged the Hyuga Clan to stand against him.

Uchiha Chisen imposed absolute justice on the Hyuga, confronted Konoha’s leaders and pursued Orochimaru to Ryūchi Cave. The arc left Fugaku removed from his posts, Orochimaru dead, and Chisen poised to gain new allies as Akatsuki turned its attention toward him.

• Uchiha Chisen punished the Hyuga Main Family and helped end its control through the Caged Bird Seal, while Neji challenged Branch Family members who sought power rather than equality.
• Chisen protected Hinata, Hanabi, and other Main Family survivors, then exposed Uchiha Obito’s identity to Konan through his Wood Clone.
• Root seized Sasuke and Neji and attacked Izumi and Anko, but Tsunade and the Konoha Military Police Force forced Koharu to release them.
• Chisen invaded Orochimaru’s research base, destroyed it with magma, and pursued Orochimaru after he escaped using Impure World Reincarnation and Reverse Summoning.
• Fugaku resigned as Uchiha Clan Head and Military Police Force Captain after Izumi and other Uchiha challenged his leadership.
• Chisen followed Orochimaru to Ryūchi Cave, killed Manda and Orochimaru, then defeated the cave’s snake sisters and left the White Snake Sage fleeing.
• The Slug Sage offered Chisen a summoning contract and agreed to consider his followers, while Sasuke learned that Fugaku had lost his posts.
• Kakashi revealed that Fuyuko had staged her death with a Shadow Clone and worked with a Kumogakure spy, while Chisen’s Wood Clone warned Juzo that Akatsuki was targeting Chisen.

Uchiha Chisen expanded his campaign of absolute justice through Konoha and set out to confront Kirigakure, while Tsunade challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen for the Hokage position. As Akatsuki and Root moved to eliminate Chisen, Tsunade confronted Jiraiya over his attempt to take Naruto to Mount Myōboku.

• Uchiha Chisen returned to Konoha, took command of the Konoha Military Police Force, and killed Uchiha Fugaku after Fugaku attacked him with Susanoo.
• Tsunade began building an independent Medical Unit, while Chisen ordered memory examinations of Anbu and the police force arrested Anbu accused of crimes.
• Utatane Koharu escaped Konoha Prison and sought help from Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Akatsuki Organization, while Mitokado Homura secretly gave Chisen intelligence and questioned Hiruzen’s fitness as Hokage.
• Chisen urged Tsunade to become Fifth Hokage, and she declared her intention to challenge Hiruzen and establish a New Konoha Village.
• Chisen left for Kirigakure with Juzo Biwa, Uchiha Izumi, and Kijiro, while Nagato sent nearly all of the Six Paths to hunt him and Koharu brought Root to the Land of Water.
• Chisen and his companions witnessed the damage caused by Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist Policy, and Izumi killed three traffickers and freed five chained children.
• Jiraiya told Naruto that Mount Myōboku’s prophecy named him the Child of Prophecy, but divisions of the Slug Sage challenged the prophecy and revealed Shikkotsu Forest’s alliance with Chisen.
• Tsunade rushed to stop Jiraiya from taking Naruto, while Karatachi Yagura sent Kirigakure Anbu after Juzo and Tsunade confronted Jiraiya.